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Engineering Department Annual Reports, 1893-1995
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
- Title
- Engineering Department Annual Reports
- Dates
- 1893-1995 (inclusive)18931995
- Quantity
- 3.6 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 1802-G2
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Engineering Department (SED) maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities and in 1936 it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Engineering Department annual reports date from 1899 to 1995. The 1909 report of Refuse Destructor No. 1 is also included in this series. This report includes information on composition of refuse, number of tons of refuse burned, temperature, and other statistics. The reports contain detailed information on paving, sewers, bridges, construction, arterial design, and many other types of work. For example, reports in the 1930s contain information on works Progress Administration projects and the 1940 reports contains photographs of the seawall construction along Harbor Avenue Southwest. Separate financial and statistical reports, primarily in the 1950s through the 1970s, follow the annual report. Traffic division reports exist for 1940 to 1975. These reports cover traffic surveys, traffic planning, design, signals, signs and markings, various graphs of traffic accidents, and other information. Sewer Utility reports exist for 1956 to 1958 and Recycling and Waste Reduction reports date from 1983 to 1985.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
CF Project. A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports, petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily permanent records, but also include routine material which is periodically purged. Beginning in 1987, certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed, arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC. A single accession number, 1987-048, was assigned to the transfer of the CF to the Archives. The initial transfer included records dating from 1895. These records remain in the CF series until approximately 15 years after they were filed with the OCC, at which point they are removed to the Archives. The transfer of CF records to the Archives is routine and regular. New accession numbers are not created when these transfers are made.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Engineering Department Annual Reports, Record Series 1802-G2 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Annual Report of the City Engineer | 1893 |
| 1 | 1 | Annual Report of the City Engineer | 1894 |
| 1 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1898-1899 |
| 1 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1908 |
| 1 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1904 |
| 1 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1900 |
| 1 | 2 | Engineering-Data and Monthly Reports of Refuse Destructor No. 1 | 1909 |
| 1 | 2 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1909 |
| 1 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1909 |
| 1 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1914 |
| 1 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1913 |
| 1 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1915 |
| 1 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1910 |
| 1 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1921 |
| 1 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1920 |
| 1 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1918 |
| 1 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1923 |
| 1 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1922 |
| 1 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1925 |
| 1 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1924 |
| 1 | 7 | Engineering Annual Report | 1927 |
| 1 | 7 | Engineering Annual Report | 1929 |
| 1 | 7 | Engineering Annual Report | 1926 |
| 2 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1934 |
| 2 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1932 |
| 2 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1933 |
| 2 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1936 |
| 2 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1938 |
| 2 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1939 |
| 2 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1940 |
| 2 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1942 |
| 2 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1941 |
| 2 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1945 |
| 2 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1944 |
| 2 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1943 |
| 2 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1947 |
| 2 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1949 |
| 2 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1948 |
| 2 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1946 |
| 3 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1951 |
| 3 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1950 |
| 3 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1953 |
| 3 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1952 |
| 3 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1956 |
| 3 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1954 |
| 3 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1955 |
| 3 | 4 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1957 |
| 3 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1959 |
| 3 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1957 |
| 3 | 4 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1959 |
| 3 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1958 |
| 3 | 5 | Engineering 2 parts ( includes Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1960 |
| 3 | 5 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1961 |
| 3 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1961 |
| 3 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report (2 parts including Financial and Statistical) | 1968 |
| 3 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1963 |
| 3 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1962 |
| 3 | 6 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1962 |
| 3 | 6 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1963 |
| 4 | 1 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1965 |
| 4 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1964 |
| 4 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1965 |
| 4 | 1 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1964 |
| 4 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1966 |
| 4 | 2 | Engineering Annual Report | 1967 |
| 4 | 3 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1969 |
| 4 | 3 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1970 |
| 4 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1969 |
| 4 | 3 | Engineering Annual Report | 1970 |
| 4 | 4 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1971 |
| 4 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1971 |
| 4 | 4 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1972 |
| 4 | 4 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1973 |
| 4 | 4 | Engineering Annual Report | 1973 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1978 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1977 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1975 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1975 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1976 |
| 4 | 5 | Engineering Annual Report | 1974 |
| 4 | 6 | Engineering Department Annual Report | 1982 |
| 4 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1981 |
| 4 | 6 | Engineering (Financial and Statistical) Annual Report | 1980 |
| 4 | 6 | Engineering Annual Report | 1979 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1983 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1984 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1985 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Department Annual Report | 1989 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1990 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1991 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1993 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1994 |
| 5 | 1 | Engineering Annual Report | 1995 |
| 5 | 2 | Engineering. Solid Waste Utility Annual Report | 1990 |
| 5 | 2 | Engineering. Solid Waste Utility Annual Report | 1987 |
| 5 | 3 | Engineering. Drainage and Wastewater Utility Annual Report | 1987 |
| 6 | 1 | Engineering, Recycling and Waste Reduction Annual Report | 1982 |
| 6 | 1 | Engineering, Recycling and Waste Reduction Annual Report | 1983 |
| 6 | 1 | Engineering, Recycling and Waste Reduction Annual Report | 1984 |
| 6 | 1 | Engineering Recycling and Waste Reduction Annual Report | 1985 |
| 6 | 2 | Engineering, Sewer Utility Annual Report | 1957 |
| 6 | 2 | Engineering, Sewer Utility Annual Report | 1958 |
| 6 | 3 | Engineering Department, Recycling and Waste Reduction Annual Report | 1986 |
| 7 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1940 |
| 7 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1943 |
| 7 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1944 |
| 7 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1945 |
| 7 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1946 |
| 7 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1947 |
| 7 | 4 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1949 |
| 7 | 5 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1950 |
| 7 | 5 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1953 |
| 8 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1954 |
| 8 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1955 |
| 8 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1956 |
| 8 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1957 |
| 8 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1958 |
| 8 | 3 | Engineering-Traffic Division Annual Report | 1959 |
| 8 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1960 |
| 8 | 4 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1961 |
| 8 | 4 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1962 |
| 8 | 5 | Traffic Engineering Annual Report | 1964 |
| 8 | 5 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1963 |
| 8 | 6 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1965 |
| 8 | 6 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1966 |
| 9 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1967 |
| 9 | 1 | Engineering - Traffic Annual Report | 1969 |
| 9 | 1 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1968 |
| 9 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1970 |
| 9 | 2 | Engineering Traffic Annual Report | 1972 |
| 9 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1972 |
| 9 | 2 | Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Division Annual Report | 1972 |
| 9 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic Division Annual Report | 1975 |
| 9 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Division Annual Report | 1973-1974 |
| 9 | 3 | Engineering, Traffic Accident Summary Annual Report | 1973 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Incineration--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Public works--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Sewers--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Traffic accidents -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Traffic signs and signals -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept.
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
September 8, 2023
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